We have used \textit{ Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)} observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) to determine the O { \small VI} column densities in the Milky Way (MW) towards 6 LMC lines of sight. The mean column density of O { \small VI} in the MW is found to be log N(O { \small VI})=14.257$_{ -0.084}^{ +0.096}$. The results confirm the patchiness of O { \small VI} absorption in the MW and the column densities are higher or comparable to the LMC.
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